Investopedia: Macquarie Infrastructure Looks Like A Tricky Play

Savvy investors know to love those toll-booth companies out there--companies that own hard-to-replicate assets that produce quality cash flow streams and require little short-term strategic support. These companies can take many forms, from timberland owners like Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) to petroleum transport and storage companies like Enbridge Energy Partners (NYSE:EEP) to diversified investment holding companies like Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE:BIP).

Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC (NYSE:MIC) is a company worth exploring within that same theme. While there are cyclical and long-term structural issues with some of the company's operating assets, results have been getting better and the company's dividend paying ability seems to be getting stronger.

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